tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post3492384505036253289..comments2024-02-11T14:15:58.105-06:00Comments on The Conservative Kitchen Table: The Fight That Changed Boxinglady redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618584698591777253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post-14282446419114965112017-03-25T11:09:11.565-05:002017-03-25T11:09:11.565-05:00Lady Red -- I have seen that clip. How they let Mu...Lady Red -- I have seen that clip. How they let Munson go back in the ring with rubber legs like that is beyond me. His body was begging for the fight to be stopped. <br /><br />And the doctor was looking at his cellphone?RadioMattMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279791190310394287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post-57741292440688572732017-03-25T11:02:11.195-05:002017-03-25T11:02:11.195-05:00That was why the NY Boxing Commission took some he...That was why the NY Boxing Commission took some heat for this fight. Four fights in less than two years, three in less than a year.<br /><br />The two previous fights with Griffith were almost as brutal as was the fight with Fuller. RadioMattMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279791190310394287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post-51320697859779688072017-03-25T10:59:55.327-05:002017-03-25T10:59:55.327-05:00I enjoy watching boxing from time to time. There i...I enjoy watching boxing from time to time. There is a skill and finesse in it. There was no finesse in this fight, at least this round.<br /><br />Griffith's punching bag probably did not get the beating that Paret did.RadioMattMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279791190310394287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post-42986511379158505912017-03-25T03:30:05.882-05:002017-03-25T03:30:05.882-05:00Here is a link to the video of the end of the figh...Here is a link to the video of the end of the fight. EXTREME WARNING: this is horrifying to watch. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaK-rBBMd6Q>You Tube.</a><br /><br />The referee should have called the fight WAY before he did. He stood there while a defenseless man was beaten to death. <br /><br />I enjoy watching boxing, and MMA too. This fight wasn't sport though...it was slaughter. The referee was so derelict in his duty that it's a wonder he wasn't charged with negligent homicide or some such. <br /><br />Good post Matt. I'd forgotten about this important piece of boxing history. When you mentioned that Paret called Griffith a maricón it jogged my memory. Fullmer also beat Paret half to death in '61, 3 months before the Griffith fight. lady redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618584698591777253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post-17474538794813671642017-03-25T02:17:25.577-05:002017-03-25T02:17:25.577-05:00))lewy14https://www.blogger.com/profile/07524380685282662887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038409030829512383.post-33686225710385226722017-03-25T02:16:10.120-05:002017-03-25T02:16:10.120-05:00Matt, very thoughtful post. If manufactured outra...Matt, very thoughtful post. If manufactured outrage is a thing, it is useful to remember that so is genuine mass revulsion.<br /><br />Rome lost its appetite for blood sport after it became Christianized (and too poor to afford the spectacle). OTOH, it sure sounds like this fight was a fiasco even by Roman standards (death in a not-to-the-death combat, as 99% of them were, was every bit the professional f**k up that it is in modern boxing. Mutatis mutandis, of course.lewy14https://www.blogger.com/profile/07524380685282662887noreply@blogger.com